Andrew Alger: What are we missing?
Great question!
I finished a fantastic book recently about Dietrich Bohnofer. Wow. He lived his faith. He saw injustice and actively fought against it. Every time I read something about the Civil Rights Movement or WWII it makes me wonder what are we not seeing. Looking at previous generations it is easy to…
Mariachi song on June 18, 2011 at Taquería mi Pueblo in Denver.
We’re having a fiesta for the design team at work this week. Obviously, one of the major parts of a fiesta of any importance is a piñata. Denver just so happens to have an awesome piñata shop called Piñata Loco, and a Taquería right across the street from it. These mariachis walked in right after ordering our food, and started serenading us just as we got it, and then left right after the song. I love that Denver has such amazing, unexpected little surprises like this.
Let this be a lesson in finding some new genes to mess around with… a family tree gets all sorts of convoluted when cousins marry each other (though, admittedly, this side of the family has a knack for longevity).
It really only makes tracking family hard, but hey, input is easy.
One step back
While some things in life can be difficult to deal with in the moment, it helps to take a step back and realizing that the big picture is really actually quite beautiful.
These persistent trials are shaping my life in such a way that I believe I will be and have already become a better person. Though I may often feel broken in one area of my life, somehow the others are finding the fuel needed to become stronger and more pervasive, much to my surprise. I’m grateful for this perspective, and that I can find it even in the dim light.
Volleyball on Memorial Day weekend at Highland Park with friends.
This is from my Thursday morning walk to the bus station down 16th Street Mall at 6am.
A use of comic sans that I don’t hate.
"Great ideas…come into the world as gently as doves…if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar…a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope.”
–Albert Camus (1913-1960); author and philosopher"
This is from some time ago at Hatch Show Print. Must say that meeting some fantastic folks in Nashville was one of the highlights of my trip to Tennessee for the AIGA national conference in 2009.
At my last job, Waffle Wednesdays was one of my favorite parts of the week. Sharing the breakfast table with clients, coworkers, friends, family, and supporters of the studio always made way for some very special moments.
